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		igouy on Sept 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mono not Chasing Tail Lights quad core, or not quad core - that is the question: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all...

JulianMorrison on Sept 28, 2009 [–]

The answer to the question seems to be "doesn't matter much", and the same for 64-bit. Java is always faster, nearly always fatter.

igouy on Sept 28, 2009 | [–]

More of the Java programs have been re-written for quad core, which is partly why those programs faster and fatter.

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